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‘All or some of these measures can help to frustrate the would-be car thief.’

1.2Cause (someone) to feel upset or annoyed, typically as a result of being unable to change or achieve something.

‘it can be very frustrating to find that the size you want isn't there’

‘Lessons in which there are no right or wrong answers, and from which solid conclusions cannot be drawn, tend to frustrate boys, who often view them as pointless.’

‘Almost none of these fights are necessary to the plot; instead, they are pointless digressions, guaranteed to frustrate any viewer actually taking an interest in the story.’

‘They claim they're protecting, you know, the case, which is extremely frustrating at times.’

‘When you see these polls that show your popularity down a bit, it doesn't frustrate you?’

‘The most frustrating aspect of it all is that I have no choice.’

‘She was so frustrating sometimes that he felt like throwing in the germ filled towel he called their friendship.’

‘The man could be so frustrating sometimes.’

‘But yeah, it was a bit frustrating at times.’

‘I think it frustrates adults when they cannot instill their ideas into teens.’

‘During my first year on the journal as a staff member, I was frustrated by all of the inefficiencies in our processes.’

‘And it was kind of funny, but it was really frustrating at the same time.’

‘For most people this phase is the most frustrating aspect of dog ownership.’

‘Allowing the produce to go to waste will not only frustrate farmers, but will also render fruitless, all the good efforts so far made to revive agriculture which collapsed in the last decade, due to bad policies.’

‘Right now its all a little bit frustrating really.’

‘Awkward, meaningless, or otherwise inappropriate staging frustrates the actor, often leading to a poor performance because it does not ‘work’ for him.’